YEAR OF THE NUTJOB

Downie and Hart feature most interesting candidates for the upcoming election. They include Senate candidate Ken Buck (Colorado), House candidate Bill Randall (North Carolina) and Tom Mullins (New Mexico). Buck, a Princeton-educated district attorney and former Justice Department lawyer, has been du...

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Published in:The New republic 2010-09, Vol.241 (15), p.14
Main Authors: Downie, James, Hart, Alexander C
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Buck, Ken
Candidates
Elections
Ideology
Mullins, Tom
Political behavior
Randall, Bill
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Summary:Downie and Hart feature most interesting candidates for the upcoming election. They include Senate candidate Ken Buck (Colorado), House candidate Bill Randall (North Carolina) and Tom Mullins (New Mexico). Buck, a Princeton-educated district attorney and former Justice Department lawyer, has been dubbed "Colorado's Sharron Angle" for his Tea Party-friendly views. But his sincerity was questioned when he was caught on tape calling birthers "dumbasses." On the other hand, Randall has been a hit at Tea Party rallies, defending the movement against charges of racism but he attracted some unwelcome attention when he claimed that the Gulf oil spill may have been the result of "some sort of collusion" between the government and BP. Among others, Mullins, an oil engineer, accused scientists of falsifying temperature records in a nefarious effort to help politicians who are attempting to regulate "the breath that people exhale."
ISSN:0028-6583
2169-2416